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BICS (Belgacom ICS or Belgacom International Carrier Services) operates in the telecommunication industry as a subsidiary of Proximus Group, and provides wholesale carrier services to wireline and wireless operators, and service providers globally. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium with sales offices and Service Operation Centers worldwide including Dubai, Singapore, Bern and New York. BICS provides voice, connectivity, messaging, roaming and mobile financial services to over 700 fixed and wireless carriers and service providers, including more than 400 mobile operators. In 2012 BICS processed 28 billion minutes and generated revenues for 1,65 Billion Euro.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.belgacom.com/assets/content/mbimport/%7B0253F817-3F32-4563-B083-539FB5A1CD90%7D?transformationID=CustomContent&contentType=content/custom&previewSite=cowwww.belgacom.co )〕 == History == * 1997, Belgacom created its business unit Belgacom ICS (International Carrier Services). Later, in the early years 2000, the Belgacom Group deliberately separated the financial reporting of its International Carrier Services to increase financial transparency and accountability. * January 2005, the international carrier activities were transferred into a wholly owned subsidiary: BICS SA (Belgacom International Carrier Services SA). * July 2005, Belgacom SA and Swisscom agreed to consolidate their international carrier businesses into a joint venture company, Belgacom International Carrier Services SA (BICS). In this JV Belgacom spun off all the existing international telecommunications carrier services activities and related assets previously run within the Belgacom Carrier & Wholesales business unit. As a result of this transaction, Swisscom and Belgacom assumed joint control over Belgacom International Carrier Services SA (BICS) with respectively 72% and 28% shares. * June 2009, Belgacom International Carrier Services (BICS) announced an agreement with South Africa’s MTN Group to combine international carrier services. Under the terms of the deal MTN took an equity stake in BICS in return for merging the assets of its own international wholesale subsidiary MTN ICS. Since then BICS operate as MTN’s official international gateway for carrier services globally. Post implementation of the transaction, BICS’ shares distribution becomes the following: Belgacom own 57.6% of BICS, Swisscom 22.4% and MTN 20.0%. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Belgacom ICS」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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